Happy 4th of July everyone! Today is a day which marks freedom not only in America, but all across the world. This is especially so in many countries which have been structured on American democracy. Honduras, for example had small personal fireworks in a number of areas on the 4th of July when I was [...]
Click Here to Purchase Photo Happy Easter to everyone, and remember He is Risen. Later I will probably write a more extensive post about Easter and the traditions surrounding it. For now please enjoy this beautiful photograph of the sunrise on this Easter morning. Share This Sphere: Related ContentRelated Posts:Maundy Thursday Ponsettia Day Happy 4th [...]
Click Here to Purchase Photo Yesterday was Maundy Thursday, and I am a little perplexed at why “MADD” decided to have a large mocktail event on such a special day. However, I can see that when you consider that they are also trying to get out a positive message, that you can have nice drinks [...]
Click Here to Purchase Photo Yesterday, the annual New Year’s ritual of jumping into freezing cold water took place at countless beaches across the nation. This ritual has a few aliases: Polar Bear Plunge, Polar Bear Swim, Penguin Plunge, etc. No matter what you call it, it is all the same, a bunch of extremely [...]
Click Here to Purchase Photo I wanted to photogrpah the celebration this New Year’s Eve, unfortunately I was unable to, because I found myself working over. So the photograph above is actually from a 4th of July fireworks display (well 3rd of July actually, just after a PawSox game), but since it does not actually [...]
Click Here to Purchase Photo Merry Christmas everyone, or as they say in Hawaii Mele Kalikimaka. If you live in Southern New England sorry it is not much of a white Christmas, so hopefully today’s photograph, taken a couple days after the large snow storm last week, will help give you at least some sense [...]
Click Here to Purchase Photo Click Here to Purchase Photo It is Veterans Day again, the anniversary of Armistice Day which occurred on November, 11 1918. Today it has been 90 years since the armistice, which marked the cessation of the most of the hostilities and fighting of World War I. Today’s pictures come from [...]
Click Here to Purchase Photo Today’s picture is of a Jack O’ Lantern, as today is October 31, All Hallows eve, more commonly known as Halloween. The Jack O’ Lantern pictured here is from the 2007 Jack O’ Lantern Spectacular, which was held at McCoy stadium (home of the Pawtucket Red Sox; PawSox for short) [...]
Apparently today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day; it was invented by a couple of guys playing racquetball on June, 6 1995 after one of them was injured and yell out “Arrr!”. The men that started the holiday were John Baur and Mark Summers who decided to use September 19th because it was Summers’ [...]
Memorial day is a day for remembering and celebrating the contributions of our Armed Service members who died in service. The day was originally established originally to honor Union Soldiers who died during the American Civil War, and was originally called Decoration Day. After World War I (WWI) it became a day to honor all armed service member who have died in service. The day traditionally fell on May 30th and was moved to the last Monday of May after the Uniform holidays bill was passed in congress on June 28, 1968 which moved it and three other holidays to Mondays. Memorial is the unofficial start of summer and beginning of a time of vacations and other summer fun. There are races, such as the Indiana 500, many parades, and conferences such as the annual conference at North Stoning Bible Church (NSBC). Indeed Memorial Day is a great time of celebration, and it is ashamed that we can so often forget what we are memorializing.
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